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Plant Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Teatree
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 2941.0 11225.0 6.07 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 364000.0 385000.0 2.72 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Root Essent. Oil not available 6900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL 18 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Essential Oil not available 429000.0 2.82 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 236.0 6125.0 7.57 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 33000.0 2.39 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Root Essent. Oil not available 19200.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-MENTH-2-EN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-SABINENE-HYDRATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 4200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLORENE 0 Essential Oil not available 17500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLORENE 0 Leaf 103.0 257.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL 1 Essential Oil not available 5800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VIRIDIFLOROL 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cholagogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 28th
Culicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *